Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit integrated type coolant thermoelectric generation system and coolant control thermoelectric generation method
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Application No.: US16815292Application Date: 2020-03-11
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Publication No.: US10995652B1Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Jung-Jae Han , Joon-Woo Kim , Sang-Joon Park
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company , Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2019-0163822 20191210
- Main IPC: F01P7/16
- IPC: F01P7/16 ; F01P7/12 ; H01L35/00 ; F01P7/14

Abstract:
A coolant thermoelectric generation system may include a thermoelectric module 20 connected to a high temperature line 13 through which engine coolant flows and a low temperature line 24 through which coolant having a temperature lower than a temperature of the engine coolant flows, and configured to perform thermoelectric generation with a heat exchange effect based on a coolant temperature difference between the engine coolant and the coolant having a temperature lower than a temperature of the engine coolant with a thermoelectric element 21 interposed therebetween; a heat exchange line 16, in which the heat exchange effect occurs, and a bypass line 17, in which no heat exchange effect occurs, the heat exchange line and the bypass line connected to the high temperature line to form two paths, respectively 13; and built-in valves 14, 14-1, 14-2 located in the internal space of the thermoelectric module, and configured to adjust flow rates of the coolant in the heat exchange line and the bypass line.
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